Big guns make noise at Elements

Unbeaten Western Province racked up two more wins on moving day to lead the A-Section log with 10 points at the halfway mark of the 2021 SA Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial at Elements Private Golf Reserve; credit GolfRSA.

13 October 2021 – The battle for victory intensified on Wednesday as four teams made some major moves in the SA Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial at Elements Private Golf Reserve.

A-SECTION
Log leaders Western Province furthered their bid for glory with another dominant performance, while defending champions Gauteng North also scored big on day four.

The 2016 champions are sitting comfortably at the top of the log with 10 points after beating Central Gauteng 8.5 – 3.5 and routing Eastern Province 8 – 4. Western Province also has 41.5 game points in their vault; a handy tally, should the tournament go down the wire.

The Daisies gave KwaZulu-Natal a 10.5 – 1.5 hiding for their third win of the week and moved into second place with 6 points, ahead of Free State, who had a third-round bye.

Central Gauteng and Eastern Province drew their match, leaving the Lions in fourth place on 5 points, while the 6-all result helped Eastern Province to leapfrog Ekurhuleni and KwaZulu-Natal for the fifth place on 1 point.

Province and Gauteng North will keep one eye on the live scoring during their rest day, as Free State returns to the fold against Central Gauteng and Ekurhuleni, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Province face off in a three-way clash on Thursday.

Boland beat Border 9 – 3 to move to 2nd second in the B-Section standings at the halfway mark of the 2021 SA Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial at Elements Private Golf Reserve; credit GolfRSA.

B-SECTION
North West came out trumps in their moving day clash against Boland and Border, banking 4 points and a host of game points to strengthen their bid in the promotion battle.

Taking the lead in both foursomes, the eight-man side marched to an 8.5 – 3.5 win against Boland and dispersed Border 10.5 – 1.5.

Gerrie Badenhorst, Nic Weber, George Wolhuter, Christo Peens and Douglas Mc Cabe racked up points against their opponents from both teams, while Meleko Patric Maichotlo halved both his games at No 8.

At the halfway mark of the tournament, North West is the only unbeaten team in the B-Section.

The side leads with 8 points, while Boland defeated Border 9 – 3 and Southern Cape drew with Mpumalanga to take second and third with 6 points in the standings respectively.

However, Boland and North West both have 34.5 game points, and Southern Cape is just 1 game point adrift. With Boland and Southern Cape both having a bye on Thursday, North West will be champing at the bit to compound their advantage when they go up against Limpopo on day four.

Northern Cape will also be hunting their first victory of the week when they face Mpumalanga and Border.

ROUND 3 RESULTS

A-SECTION
Western Province 8.5 – Central Gauteng 3.5
Western Province 8 – Eastern Province 4
Central Gauteng 6 – Eastern Province 6
Gauteng North 10.5 – KwaZulu-Natal 1.5

B-SECTION
North West 8.5 – Boland 3.5
North West 10.5 – Border 1.5
Boland 9 – Border 3
Southern Cape 6 – Mpumalanga 6

A-SECTION LOG
(Pos-Union-Played-Won-Drawn-Lost-Points-Matches won)
1 Western Province (5, 5, 0, 0, 10, 41.5)
2 Gauteng North (5, 3, 0, 2, 6, 34.5)
3 Free State (4, 3, 0, 1, 6, 28.5)
4 Central Gauteng (4, 2, 1, 1, 5, 25.5)
5 Eastern Province (4, 0, 1, 3, 1, 19)
6 Ekurhuleni (3, 0, 0, 3, 0, 11)
7 KwaZulu-Natal (3, 0, 0, 3, 0, 8)

B-SECTION LOG
(Pos-Union-Played-Won-Drawn-Lost-Points-Matches won)
1 North West (4, 4, 0, 0, 8, 34.5)
2 Boland (5, 3, 0, 2, 6, 34.5)
3 Southern Cape (5, 2, 2, 1, 6, 33.5)
4 Mpumalanga (3, 2, 1, 0, 5, 20)
5 Limpopo (4, 1, 1, 2, 3, 24)
6 Border (4, 0, 0, 4, 0, 11.5)
7 Northern Cape (3, 0, 0, 3, 0, 10)